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A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…
A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by Thomas Haveland for Thomas Man, 1609London: printed by Thomas Haueland for Thomas Man, 1609
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Reason 1 First, it is the weapon which God calleth upon us in such a case to take up and use, and therefore he worketh safety by it.
Reason 1 First, it is the weapon which God calleth vpon vs in such a case to take vp and vse, and therefore hee worketh safety by it.
Secondly, the strongest resistance is by opposition of contraries, as fire is soonest quenched by water; and a soft wool-pack is less penetrable at a Canon shot, than a hard stone-wall.
Secondly, the strongest resistance is by opposition of contraries, as fire is soonest quenched by water; and a soft woole-packe is lesse penetrable at a Canon shot, than a hard stone-wall.
Thirdly, it is in the nature of man, and of certain other creatures, to desist from fierceness when they see submission and humble behaviour towards them, which showeth, that a regard is had of them without contempt.
Thirdly, it is in the nature of man, and of certaine other creatures, to desist from fiercenesse when they see submission and humble behauiour towards them, which sheweth, that a regard is had of them without contempt.